Whether you're a soon-to-be fly fisher looking for the right book to get you started or you're reasonably proficient at at the sport and need a refresher course on tying knots for saltwater or the latest info on how to care for your waders or how to fish a dry fly in tricky currents, this invaluable best-selling guide is for you. The latest and most up-to-date and trustworthy information on: Tackle selection and care - rods, reels, lines, leaders, and knots Casting - with instructive line drawings by Bob White Hundreds of flies in full colour, including fifty new patterns Presentation, striking, playing, and landing Tactics for stream, stillwater, and salt New techniques, including Tenkara and Czech nymphing How to fish all the major game fish, fresh and saltwater, including salmon and steelhead Plus a new chapter on conservation, stream etiquette, and giving back.

The Orvis Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orvis's world-famous team of experts and advisors. In large format with rich and helpful color photos and drawings, the book covers everything from basic fishing knots and casts to expert techniques you won't see in standard books. Besides trout technique and secrets for rivers and lakes, the book also covers the worlds of fly fishing for bonefish, striped bass, permit, bluefish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and steelhead. Learn how to nymph for steelhead from Matt Supinski. Find out how to catch the elusive permit from Jack Samson. Take a lesson from John Shewey on swinging a classic wet fly for West Coast steelhead. Learn how to find stripers along Northeast beaches from Lou Tabory. Find out which knots work best for saltwater fly fishing. Tom Rosenbauer will tell you how to read a trout stream and approach the fish, then discover his secrets for catching trout on dry flies and nymphs. Jim Lepage shares his knowledge on catching trout in ponds and lakes, then Bill Tapply will tell you how to catch freshwater bass on flies. Polish your fly casting with world expert Tom Deck. All this and much more in the most comprehensive and attractive book in the Orvis line.

Northwest, this is a life s compilation of fly-fishing stories and photography. Each section features a photo gallery and an accompanying essay fish tales told in Tom Rosenbauer s unmistakably authentic voice on subjects including big-river mysteries, boats, and guides, wading and solitude, flies, and the trout themselves. For the fly fisherman, this is an album of shared experiences that exist only on these magical trout waters.

Lakes are one of the most challenging opportunities available to today's fly fisher. Stillwaters offer a long active season with numerous hatches and presentation challenges. Fish grow big and fat and many fishers find this appeal hard to resist. But the transfer from rivers and streams is often difficult, especially if a prolonged trial-and-error approach is adopted. This book examines the stillwater fly fisher's kit bag, expectations, and offers an introduction to the diverse stillwater food sources. The Orvis Guide to Stillwater Trout Fishing explains everything the aspiring stillwater fly fisher needs to be successful and build a sound foundation that will last through a lifetime plying stillwaters.

This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with colour photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to detailed tying instructions for some of the most popular, modern patterns. How to choose and prepare the correct material, and all the necessary tying steps for each fly, are detailed in superb, large, colour photographs. Even if you have no previous tying experience, you'll be able to tie dries, nymphs, streamers, saltwater offerings, and bass bugs after just a few sessions with this book. The tyer is then advised how to progress to similar patterns using the same basic techniques. Also included is a huge reference of fly patterns - more than four hundred flies from the Orvis catalog are shown in full colour, along with the tying recipes and proportions for each one. This book, drawing from the Orvis Company's vast resources and teaching experience and written by an author whose name is synonymous with Orvis, has become the bible for fly-tyers of all skill levels.

Fly fishers often ask Tom Rosenbauer how they can take their angling to the next level, and in his latest book the Orvis manager, expert fly fisher, instructor, tier, and award-winning author sets out to help them do just that. With forty years in the business, Rosenbauer knows the information fly fishers need to step up their game-whatever the level. Tom answers the top questions asked by anglers looking to take the next step. He offers advice on casting and rigging techniques that are beyond the basic level taught in fly-fishing schools but are essential if you want to be more successful, and he includes QR codes to take you to videos of his teaching tips in action.

I know how to cast, I know my knots, and I can tell a dry from a wet fly. What next? This pocket guide shows the fly fisher where to cast, why, and what kind of fly to use. It can be studied prior to a fishing trip or used in the water.
Streamers, nymphs, wets, and dry flies are detailed with diagrams and color photographs. The book is organized by water types, and once you identify what kind of water you are facing--riffles, runs, pocket water, or deep slow water--you can then decide what kind of fly to use, what leader is appropriate, and how to present the fly. Chapters cover topics such as:
How to enter a poolAngle and attitude of approachMidstream rocksHead, middle, and tail of a poolRiffles and runsEtiquetteAnd much more
No more days of returning without a catch. With the extensive experience and knowledge of author Tom Rosenbauer, you can use his no-nonsense tips to identify appropriate fly-fishing wet and dry flies, adapt to current water conditions, and cast with confidence.

The Orvis Book of Family Friendly Fly Fishing Like all sports, the fun of fly-fishing lies in sharing the experience and in spending time with those closest to you. And yet for a father unsure how to connect with his bored, PlayStation-dazed kids, for a beginning fisherman who doesn't want to learn casting techniques by himself, for a mother who would love to show her children the outdoors but isn't quite sure how to begin, it can be a frustrating and intimidating business.From one of the most trusted brands in the industry, and from one of the sport's most esteemed authors, "The Orvis Guide to Family-Friendly Fly-Fishing" by Tom Rosenbauer will take the mystery out of sharing the experience.Rosenbauer""provides instructional guidance, discusses the nuts and bolts of casting, fly choice, and technique, and opens the lens to discuss family-friendly destinations, gear, schools, safety, and more.Rosenbauer brings his expertise to bear on perhaps the most essential skill set of all--introducing the people closest to you to your beloved sport.Tom Rosenbauer, host of the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcasts, has been with the Orvis Company over 30 years. Rosenbauer is" Fly Rod & Reel" magazine's 2011 Angler of the Year and author of "The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, "one of the best-selling fly-fishing books ever.""

The definitive guide to tying the most successful and productive freshwater and saltwater flies of all time. While there are thousands of flies available to anglers, many of the most popular are those that, by virtue of their fish-catching ability and unique construction methods, have stood the test of time. This indispensable resource features twenty quintessential fly patterns, including the Parachute Adams, Clouser Minnow, and Woolly Bugger. With detailed chapters exploring the history of and variations on each fly, interviews with fly originators, and step-by-step tying "recipes" and instructions, this is the perfect reference book for fly tiers of all abilities. Published in association with The Orvis Company.

Travel the world's greatest coastal fly-fishing destinations through the eyes of acclaimed photographer Andy Anderson with this complete saltwater fishing experience. Salt: Coastal and Flats Fly Fishing is a visually stunning journey to America's most epic saltwater fishing hot spots. It is as close to a firsthand experience as a reader can get without getting wet. Featuring photography from the Atlantic Northeast, Pacific Northwest, Bahamas, Gulf Coast, and Florida Keys - and highlighting such fish as striped bass, tuna, bonefish, permit, and tarpon - this is a life's compilation of saltwater fly-fishing photography by one of the most acclaimed outdoor photographers. Each section has an accompanying essay by Tom Rosenbauer, taking the reader along on a memorable trip to the world's greatest fishing destinations. For the serious fly fisherman, it is an album of shared experiences. For those new to the sport, it is an artfully crafted guidebook to an exotic new world that really does exist on the waters of American coastlines and islands.

The Orvis Guide to Reading Trout Streams is a complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream. By learning to predict where trout will be, fishermen can cast effectively and wade confidently without spooking trout into cover. Perceptive and practical chapters include "A Trout's World," "Currents and Rocks," "Pools," and "Riffles, Runs, and Bends." Also included are sections on seasonal and daily changes, various approaches, and the differences among species of trout and between big and little rivers. Graced with dozens of helpful schematic drawings by Jim Sulham and more than seventy-five revealing photographs, this book will give all trout fishermen a more coherent understanding of the waters they fish. (81/2 X 11, 176 pages, b&w photos, diagrams)

THE ORVIS ULTIMATE BOOK OF FLY FISHING is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orvis's world-famous team of experts and advisors. In large format with rich and helpful color photos and drawings, the book covers everything from basic fishing knots and casts to expert techniques you won't see in standard books. Besides trout technique and secrets for rivers and lakes, the book also covers the worlds of fly fishing for bonefish, striped bass, permit, bluefish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and steelhead. Learn how to nymph for steelhead from Matt Supinski. Find out how to catch the elusive permit from Jack Samson. Take a lesson from John Shewey on swinging a classic wet fly for West Coast steelhead. Learn how to find stripers along Northeast beaches from Lou Tabory. Find out which knots work best for saltwater fly fishing. Tom Rosenbauer will tell you how to read a trout stream and approach the fish, then discover his secrets for catching trout on dry flies and nymphs. Jim Lepage shares his knowledge on catching trout in ponds and lakes, then Bill Tapply will tell you how to catch freshwater bass on flies. Polish your fly casting with world expert Tom Deck. All this and much more in the most comprehensive and attractive book in the Orvis line.

Getting to the river, lake, estuary, or ocean is the easy part. The hard part is putting the fly in the right place so you have a chance to catch a fish. In this definitive guide, Tom Deck, head of casting instruction at the Orvis Fly-Fishing School in Manchester, Vermont, explains exactly how to cast. In a thorough, concise style, Deck teaches readers the same techniques that have drawn anglers to the Orvis School since 1968. Topics covered include: setting up the rod, proper grip and stance; the forearm and wrist in fly casting; applying power to the casting stroke; false casting, roll casting and roll-cast pickup; the single and double haul; and many more general as well as specialized casts. After each lesson is a section filled with coaching tips and suggestions for mental imagery, as well as a segment on troubleshooting, pointing out common problems, and how to solve them. There are also valuable chapters on casting for specific kinds of fish and in different kinds of water.
Filled with color photographs from professional photographer and fly fisherman Jim Rowinski, and with gorgeous illustrations from Bob White, this book will be the reference on fly casting for years to come.

This handy reference and guidebook covers the essential elements of this most exciting form of fly fishing, including tips on how to select the right dry fly for the situation, the best types of water and the best times of day to fish dries, identifying riseforms and what the fish are eating, special leaders and the right rod and line, and ways to present the fly to make it look natural. Also included are valuable tips on how to approach a rising fish without spooking it, and how to cast the fly on fast, slow, or still water to obtain the best results. Whether you are fishing the water for unseen trout or for rising selective feeders, this pocket reference book should always be in your tackle bag or vest. Illustrated with color photographs and superb drawings by Rod Walinchus, this pocket guide will prove indispensable for beginners and experts alike.

When you look at all those photographs on fly-fishing websites of happy anglers holding up excellent fish, you know one thing for sure: the knots didn't break. Maybe the fly selection was a little off, and the rod handling a little rough, but the leader and tippet held. The catch of your lifetime could hinge on a single blood knot. That's where this book comes in.
With its numerous, easy-to-follow diagrams, The Orvis Vest Pocket Guide to Leaders, Knots, and Tippets offers proper instruction for:
- Tying correctly the most useful and effective knots in fly fishing
- Constructing strong leaders that cast smoothly
- Understanding knot and tippet breaking strength
- Selecting tippets for various fish species and flies, including the newest fluorocarbons
Take this book with you--it's meant to travel, and you'll have the instruction you need with you on the water. When you know that you tie knots and leaders that hold, you can fish confidently.

I know how to cast, I know my knots, and I can tell a dry from a wet fly. What next? This pocket guide shows the fly fisher where to cast, why, and what kind of fly to use. It can be studied prior to a fishing trip or used on the water.Streamers, nymphs, wets, and dry flies are detailed with diagrams and color photographs. The book is organized by water types, and once you identify what kind of water you are facing - riffles, runs, pocket water, or deep slow water - you can then decide what kind of fly to use, what leader is appropriate, and how to present the fly. (41/4 X 61/2, 108 pages, color photos, diagrams)